Register Your International Travel

• Complete your program registration and required documents on our application management system, Horizons.
• From within your study abroad application, you will register for our free international health insurance through CISI and register with the U.S. State Department's Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.

Follow these steps if you are a student traveling abroad independently for university purposes. This includes participation in any study abroad program which is not sponsored by OU; any research you will be conducting abroad; any work, internship, or volunteer experience abroad related to your course of study; participation in an academic conference, artistic or cultural event, or sporting event abroad; participation on an Alternative Spring Break or other service program abroad; and any other activities abroad related to your studies or extracurricular activities at OU.

Do not register for purely personal travel abroad, such as a vacation or travel to visit family.

Register only for travel outside of the United States; do not register for travel within the United States or to U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico.

• Complete the Independent International Travel Registration on our application management system, Horizons.
• From within the independent travel registration, you will register for our free international health insurance through CISI and register with the U.S. State Department's Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
• Consult travel.state.gov for important information about your destination.

• Register for OU’s free international health insurance through CISI.
• Register with the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program through the U.S. State Department.
• Review Health and Safety tips for safe travel overseas compiled on the Office of Risk Management's Foreign Travel Registration page.
• Consult travel.state.gov for important information about your destination.

Personal travel is any travel which is unrelated to your activities at OU. This travel should not be registered with the university. This includes vacations or visits to family abroad. If you will be combining personal travel with university-related travel, follow the steps above according to whether you are a student or faculty/staff. If you are traveling for purely personal purposes, we encourage you to:

• Purchase an international health insurance policy which will cover you while you are abroad. OU does not endorse any specific policy, but there are many policies to choose from as compiled on the Forbes page.
• Register with the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program through the U.S. State Department.
• Consult travel.state.gov for important information about your destination.